The Recovery Bill of Rights
is a statement of the principle that all Americans have a right to recover from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Learn more…
Governance
A 23-member Board of Directors advises and directs Faces & Voices of Recovery. Thirteen regional representatives are working to link recovery advocates within their region and build our movement from the grassroots up.
Faces & Voices Board of Directors
Regional Representatives
- Central
East
Bobby Coffey, Secretary
DC Recovery Community Alliance
Washington, DC
- Frontier
Patty Katz
Partnership for Safety and Justice; Hands Across the Bridge
Portland, OR
- Great Lakes
Donna Conley
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Chemical Dependency Prevention & Treatment (OCA)
Columbus, OH
- Gulf Coast
Ben Bass
El Paso Alliance, Inc.
El Paso, TX
- Mid-America
Judie Didriksen
Missouri Recovery Network
Jefferson City, MO
- Mid-Atlantic
Mike Barry
People Advocating Recovery
Lexington, KY
- Mountain
West
Tonya Wheeler
Advocates for Recovery – Colorado
Denver, CO
- New England
Patty McCarthy
FOR-VT
Montpelier, VT
- Northeast
Bev Haberle
PRO-ACT
Doylestown, PA
- Pacific
Southwest
John deMiranda
Stepping Stone of San Diego and National Association on Alcohol, Drugs & Disability
San Diego, CA
- Prairielands
Nell Hurley
Minnesota Recovery Connection
St. Paul, MN
- Southern
Coast
Vacant
- Southeast
Neil Kaltenecker
Georgia Council on Substance Abuse
Atlanta, GA
At-Large Representatives
- Steve Gumbley, Chair
Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England
Providence, RI
- Dona Dmitrovic, Vice Chair
The RASE Project
Harrisburgh, PA
- Marco Jaccome
Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. (HAS)
Chicago, IL
- Andre L. Johnson
Detroit Recovery Project
Detroit, MI
- Ed Jurith
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Washington, DC
- Justin Riley
C 4 Group
Greely, CO
- Gary Stromberg
Black Bird Group
Katonah, New York
- Phillip Valentine, Treasurer
Connecitcut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
Hartford, CT
- Donald Whitehead
Beans and Bread
Baltimore, MD
Steve Gumbley
In recovery since 1986, Steve has been an advocate, educator, clinician, and administrator in addiction treatment and recovery services. He is presently the Co-Director of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England. He is a founder of the Institute for Addiction Recovery at Rhode Island College, and presently chairs its steering committee.
My father was sober for many years before his death. Two of his grandmothers died of alcoholism. Although the disease of addiction often destroys individuals and families, I want people to know that recovery can make them whole again.
Dona is the Assistant Director of the RASE Project in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she manages the Buprenorphine Coordinator Program. Dona has been in long-term recovery for 22 years which drives her passion to advocate for persons in recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction.
She directed the Center for Education and Advocacy of the Johnson Institute in Washington, DC, where she managed Recovery Ambassador workshops across the country, National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month events and assisted with the annual “America Honors Recovery” luncheon. She was the first executive director of the recovery advocacy organization, PA Recovery Organizations Alliance, Inc. (PRO-A) and has worked in the human service field for 22 years with 18 years in health-related public policy.
Dona has a Master’s Degree in Human Services from Lincoln University and served as a 2000 mentor for the Robert Wood Johnson Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse Fellowship Program. She has been a keynote speaker for many national, state and local conferences and workshops.
Marco Jaccome
Marco E. Jacome has been working in the field of social services for more than thirty years. He holds a Masters Degree in Family Therapy, and is licensed by the State of Illinois. The last twenty-two years has been with Healthcare Alternative Systems, Inc. (H.A.S.), a behavioral health care organization. During the last sixteen years he has served as the Chief Executive Officer.
He also serves as a Regional Advisory Board Member for the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Board Member of Norwegian American Hospital Foundation, Past Board President and current Board Member of the Illinois Alcoholism Drug Dependency Association (IADDA), and serves in many other local community committees.
In 2010, Mr. Jacome was named as one of Hispanic Business magazine’s “100 Influentials,” its yearly selection of Latinos who have made significant, national contributions in government, business, academics, or the arts. Mr. Jacome is a national speaker in the field of addictions and has contributed to several documentary studies on addictions.
Andre L. Johnson 
Andre L. Johnson, a native Detroiter, is currently the President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project--a multi-service agency that provides a wide spectrum of support services to the city’s recovery community. Mr. Johnson is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology at Michigan School of Professional Psychology; he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) and a Masters of Arts degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix.
Mr. Johnson has nearly 21 years of professional work experience, exemplifying a long-standing commitment and dedication to the field of substance abuse. Mr. Johnson sits on a variety of committees and advisory boards. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities of the Detroit Public Schools. He is also a member of the Third Judicial Circuit Court Family Division Drug Court Team as well as a member of the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Consumer Family Advocacy Advisory Board. Mr. Johnson is a board member of the Wayne Center--an agency that provides services for the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. Mr. Johnson recently has been contracted to provide consultation on behalf of the United States President Emergency Plan Against Aids abroad to the Department of Ministry of Health, in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanzania, In addition, Mr. Johnson is currently a national trainer for Great Lakes Addiction Transfer Technology Center.
Justin Riley 
Justin Luke Riley is the Director of Development and Public relations for The C4 Group. He has worked in the field of recovery since he was 19 years old, Managing his first Adult Rehabilitation Center at 20 years of age and starting consulting with recovery organization at 21 years of age. He is spokesperson for young people in recovery from coast to coast. As a person in long term recovery, he is excited to bring capacity and direction as an At Large Board Member for Faces & Voices of Recovery.
Gary co-founded GIBSON & STROMBERG, a large and influential music public relations firm of the sixties and seventies. He currently runs The BLACKBIRD Group, a small public relations firm in Marina del Rey, California. Stromberg also spent time in the film business where he co-produced several motion pictures. He's also co-written three books, The Harder They Fall (Hazelden - 2005) and Feeding the Fame (Hazelden – 2007) and a third book for McGraw-Hill Publishing, entitled Second Chances, which was published in October, 2009.
Gary is also active in service work: Past President of the Board of Directors of Positive Directions, the Center for Prevention and Recovery, in Westport, CT; Member, Board of Directors, The Stepping Stones Foundation, the last home of Bill and Lois Wilson, founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon, respectively. Stromberg has also served as a mentor for over twelve years, currently with LA Teamworks, an after school mentoring program in Los Angeles, CA.
He has two children, a son in the music business, who just graduated from Cal St. University, Northridge and a daughter who's a senior at the University of Michigan.
Phillip Valentine
Phillip Valentine is the Executive Director for the Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR). CCAR is a three-time recipient of a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Recovery Community Services Program award. He served as the point man for all of CCAR’s six “Recovery Walks!,” annual walks held for those in support of recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. He has willingly shared his experience and expertise with other Recovery Community Organizations across the country.
In recovery since December 28, 1987, Mr. Valentine is the author of the “Hooked on Recovery” column that has enlightened the general public about the recovery process. Mr. Valentine believes that by being public about his own recovery from alcohol and cocaine addiction, he can help ease the discrimination surrounding addiction and recovery. He is married and has five children. He coaches youth travel soccer and his three favorite hobbies are surf fishing, golf and watching movies.
Donald Whitehead
Donald Whitehead is in long term recovery. Donald’s personal experience has led him to a career in advocacy. Donald has spent the last 15 years as an advocate for those that suffer from the disease of addiction and Poverty. Donald is the former Executive Director and Board President of the National Coalition for the Homeless. Donald been interviewed in the printed media, radio, and television on numerous occasions. Donald has been a featured guest on CBS News, ABC News, FOX TV, CNN, MSNBC and many local stations. Radio appearances have included CBS Radio, NPR and local stations throughout the US along with stations in Japan, Great Britain, Germany, Canada and Mexico.
Whitehead has been a dinner guest of former President and Senator Bill and Hillary Clinton and a member and speaker at the 40th Anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March on Washington held at the Lincoln Memorial.
Donald has testified before congress on several occasions and in 2005, Donald received a distinguished service award for his work on homelessness from the Congressional Black Caucus. In 2008, Donald received a special recognition award from the U.S Congress.
Donald currently works as a program manager for a 60 unit supportive housing program in Baltimore Maryland which utilizes a harm reduction model to encourage treatment.